It was the spring of 1885. One morning at 3:00 a.m. Gopal-ma started to practise her japa as usual. After finishing the japa she began pranayama and was about to offer the result of the japa to her …
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Dhammapada, Verse 347 – The Story of Theri Khemā
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 347: ye rāgarattā'nupatanti sotaṃ sayaṃ kataṃ makkaṭako'va jālaṃ |etam'pi chetvāna vajanti dhīrā anapekkhino sabbadukkhaṃ …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.2.16
अथ ये यज्ञेन दानेन तपसा लोकाञ्जयन्ति, ते धूममभिसंभवन्ति, धूमाद्रात्रिं, रात्रेरपक्शीयमाणपक्शम्, अपक्शीयमाणपक्शाद्यान्षण्मासान्दक्शिणादित्य एति, मासेभ्यः पितृलोकम्, पितृलोकाच्चन्द्रम्; ते चन्द्रं …
Sarah Ellen Waldo
Sarah Ellen Waldo, Miss (1.9.1845 - 15.7.1926)—Swamiji’s American disciple from Brooklyn. At first named by him Brahmacharini Yatimata for her deep interest in Raja-Yoga and later, Sister Haridasi. A …
Dhammapada, Verse 345-346 – The Prison-House
Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 345-346: na taṃ daḷhaṃ bandhanamāhu dhīrā yadāyasaṃ dārujaṃ babbajaṃ ca |sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu puttesu dāresu ca yā …
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 6.2.15
ते य एवमेतद्विदुः, ये चामी अरण्ये श्रद्धां सत्यमुपासते, तेऽर्चिरभिसंभवन्ति, अर्चिषोऽहः, अह्न आपूर्यमाणपक्शम्, आपूर्यमाणपक्शाद्यान्षण्मासानुदङ्ङादित्य एति; मासेभ्यो देवलोकम्, देवलोकादादित्यम्, …